From:	Damian Yerrick <Bullshitd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullshit>
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Subject:	Re: Differences between DJGPP & Visual C++
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On 17 Mar 2000 04:21:48 GMT, roadraat AT aol DOT com (RoadRaat) wrote:

>I'm a C++ student.  In class we develop our C++ projects on
>MS Visual C++.

Your CS department are brownnosers too?

>I use DJGPP on my notebook at home.

Good boy/girl.

>I'm baffled by some of the differences.

Like how GCC has fewer bugs than VC++'s compiler?

>I've been reading the documentation, but I can't find everything
>I'm looking for.

grep

>Would a kind person please clear  up some of these questions?
>
>1. Does DJGPP lack the Standard Header Files that are current for?
>(Must I use <iostream.h> instead of <iostream> and <iomanip.h>
>instead of <iomanip>?)

DJGPP has the new stuff.

>2. If #1 is Yes, does that mean I can't be referring to namespaces (like 'using
>namespace std;')?

You have to do this:
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <other_bullcrap>
using namespace std;

>I'm having trouble figuring out libraries and headers.  If I can
>make sense out of this, then I can make versions of my exercises
>for home and for school.

As long as they don't require that you use MFC (recursive for MFC
Foundation Classes, also expanded as Mother F   in' Crap).

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